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Mary Antin Quotes

There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles.

Mary Antin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: russian
Birth: February 24, 1909 - May 15, 1949

Topics

Children School Numbers Lucky Jewish

There never was a happier or more devoted husband than the male bluebird. He is the gay champion and escort of the female at all times, and while she is sitting, he feeds her regularly.

John Burroughs

Champion Husband Gay Sitting Never

Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure.

Jennifer Lawrence

Failure Back Acting Know Never Far

It's funny; in fashion, you can never relax and feel like it's all sorted. Every season, you have to give yourself a challenge and come up with something new and fresh.

Jenny Packham

Funny Challenge Yourself Relax You

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

John F. Kennedy

Wisdom Opportunity Crisis Two Danger

The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.'

Robert Kiyosaki

Success Failure People You Say Also

All truths begin as hearsay, as far as I'm concerned.

Matt Drudge

Begin Far Concerned Hearsay Truths

Growing up, I ate a lot of candy. If you were my dentist, you would know that, you know, but I eat a lot of candy, so from eight to probably, like, 15, you wouldn't see me without a pack of Skittles.

Michael Beasley

Me Growing Up You Growing Know See

In our family, the men have always stood at the head, true patriarchs that take the lead, teach, and live their lives as examples... Women have a significant role as helpers to our husbands and co-counsels in the parental equation.

Alveda King

Family Women Live Men Teach True

It is everyone's prerogative to retire. But it's like giving up on life as far as I'm concerned.

Roger Taylor

Life Giving Giving Up Up Retire Far

Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they're not satisfied with their prayer life.

Joyce Meyer

Life God Relationship Prayer People

Well it was not exactly a dissertation in logic, at least not the kind of logic you would find in Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica for instance. It looked more like mathematics; no formalized language was used.

Alonzo Church

Mathematics Language Logic You Find

There are many bad things in this world of ours, but the use of the word 'monetize' has to rank high among them. Also, 'incentivize.' Actually, all the '-ize' words, like 'contextualize' and 'utilize' and 'prioritize.' And - this is almost too horrible to type - 'juniorize.'

Susan Orlean

Words World Bad High Prioritize